Tupper Building

Identification

Map

Structure in General

Building type

high-rise building

Building status

existing [completed]

Structural material

steel

Architectural style

modernism

Usages

Main Usage

hospital

Facts

The Sir Charles Tupper Building houses Dalhousie University's faculty of medical science, research laboratories, and the W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library . It is located on the university's Carleton campus.

It is named after Dr. Charles Tupper, Nova Scotia Premier, Father of Confederation and Canada's only physician to become Prime Minister. He was a leading figure in the formation of Dalhousie Medical School.

Built in 1967 as Nova Scotia's Confederation Centennial Project, it was Halifax's tallest building at the time.

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